THE AMERICAN LAW REPORTER.

A neat, little quarto-weekly paper which made its appearance in the Fall of 1872, was The American Law Reporter, with L. G. Johnson as editor. As the name implies it was devoted to the interests of the legal profession of Illinois and Iowa. The first edition was printed in Davenport, then it was moved into the Union Block, Rock Island. The paper was published for eighteen weeks, when it ceased for want of patronage.

THE LIBERTY LEAGUE.

Another paper, which had a short life, and whose publishers were unannounced, made its appearance April 3, 1873, its name being The Liberty League. The paper was started as an organ for the liquor dealers of Rock Island and the adjoining cities. It lived three weeks, when, as generally supposed, the material was stole during the night time, shipped to Burlington, Iowa, and sold.

 

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